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Susan DurganAPCO WorldwidePhone: 206.239.0155Email: [email protected] BREMERTON, Wash. — The YWCA of Kitsap County recently received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of $80,000 to support YWCA programs,…

Marja Brandon, Head of SchoolSeattle Girls’ SchoolPhone: 206.709.2228Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — A new independent school designed to ignite girls’ interest in math, science and technology will open in Seattle’s central…

Jacquelline FullerBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206-709-3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has named Margaret Liu, M.D., its new Senior Advisor…

Rodney WheelerAlliance for EducationPhone: 206.205.0335, Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Alliance for Education announced it has received a grant of $2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for…

Cheryl AbbottHarvard UniversityPhone: 617.495.8081Email: [email protected] BOSTON — The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) will expand its work in improving public health with a recent gift of $1 million from…

Lisa EricksonAPCO WorldwidePhone: 206.239.0148Email: [email protected] BELLEVUE, Wash. — Research shows infants with special needs benefit most from intervention in their first three years of life. So, when Kindering Center, a…

Carol BarkerUniversity of CambridgePhone: 012.23 332.300 Louise SimpsonUniversity of CambridgePhone: 012.23.332.300 CAMBRIDGE, England — Today one of the largest scholarships programs ever for university education was officially announced by the…

Bonnie McCuneColorado Department of EducationPhone: 303.866.6891, Email: [email protected] DENVER — Governor Bill Owens announced a $3.4 million grant for Colorado public libraries from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The…

Geraldine Pope BidwellThe Jack, Will and Rob Kids FoundationPhone: 360.834.2220 CAMAS, Wash. — The Jack, Will and Rob Kids Foundation passed the halfway mark of its goal to raise $4…

Leki DorjiBhutan Health Trust Fund, Royal Bhutanese EmbassyPhone: 66.2.630.1192Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON and SEATTLE — The Summit Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have each awarded the Royal Government…